The Nigerian National football team, Super Eagles, have climbed from the 70th to 67th position in the latest monthly ranking released by FIFA on Thursday.
The gain did not however place Nigeria in the African continental top 10 list.
Nigeria places 16th in Africa with 513 points, behind Guinea, Uganda, South Africa and Congo.
Algeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast still maintain their top three positions on the continent.
Globally, Argentina still ranks number one with 1585 points, followed by Belgium with 1401 points.
Colombia clinched 1331 points to sit on third place. Germany, Chile Portugal, France, Spain, Brazil and Italy are in the top 10.
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